Staff Software Engineer, ditto

Cloud, Portal

Salary not provided

+ Equity

SQL

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

C++

Rust

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from UK, US

More information about location

Data sync platform

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Data sync platform

101-200 employees

B2BInternet of ThingsComputer VisionSaaSMobileAPI

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Equity

SQL

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

C++

Rust

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from UK, US

More information about location

101-200 employees

B2BInternet of ThingsComputer VisionSaaSMobileAPI

Company mission

To expand the internet via software enabling devices to synchronise data in realtime, even where the internet doesn't reach.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
7-10 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on distributed systems and low-level programming languages like Rust and/or modern C/C++
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and large-scale distributed systems
Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization techniques
Experience with a wide range of database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, time-series) and good understanding of their isolation guarantees, consistency models, and user-facing interfaces
Excellent communication skills, especially in asynchronous collaboration
Experience with on-call rotations and incident response tools and procedures
Ability to work effectively in a globally distributed team

Desirable

Familiarity with Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs)
Experience building data systems at scale
Proficiency in debugging production systems across different levels of stacks, utilizing observability tooling such as Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Datadog

What the job involves

Your role is to help build the future of cloud database technology at Ditto that aggregates all the data from the edge platform with a custom, scalable, high-performance distributed system
You will work on both new features and optimizing existing infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance at scale
Work with a remote team, manage your own time, and tackle interesting problems
Design, build, and maintain highly available (both bi-directional and uni-directional) connectors between Ditto and various external storages, such as MongoDB
Ensure data consistency and system performance by implementing correctness and load tests
Collaborate with the SRE team to monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems in production environments
Write technical documentation, and contribute to system architecture designs
Drive performance tuning efforts to ensure systems meet the demands of large-scale, distributed environments
Participate in on-call rotations, partnering with the SRE team to manage production systems and meet uptime SLAs
Be one of the technical decision makers, connect business with technology
Actively mentor teammates

Our take

While it's convenient to assume that all the data an app needs is always located in a single place, the reality is more messy. Multi-cloud platforms, IoT devices with varied or limited connectivity and even smartphones can hold necessary data for many applications. The problem for developers is how to tame, access and use this data. Ditto exists to fix this, providing a distributed database that pulls and synchronises data from edge devices and the cloud.

Able to operate even in locations without internet, using peer-to-peer WiFi, Bluetooth and wired networks to pull data together, it provides a layer of infrastructure which is increasingly required as IoT picks up steam. However, it is not the only entrant in this growing market, and faces competition from the likes of Whalesync, PieSync and Grouparoo.

While most of these companies provide the same kind of functionality, Ditto's large and growing customer base in the tens of thousands (including the likes of the US Air Force, Lufthansa and Japan Airlines) indicates that its product is a strong competitor in this space. It has also attracted the attention of investors, most recently closing a hefty Series A round. It intends to use this funding to almost double its headcount and to focus on commercializing its product.

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Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Mar 2025

$82m

SERIES B

Apr 2023

$45m

SERIES A

Total funding: $136m

Company benefits

Fully Remote

Leadership

Max Alexander

(CPO)

An extensive background in development, more recently working as a Mobile Engineer for Hipmunk and Product Engineer for Realm Inc.

Adam Fish

(CEO)

Co-founded Roobiq in 2011. Following this they were VP of Product at Realm Inc and a Technical Consultant at HBO.

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